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IMPROVED OURTAIN-FIXTURE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY QONCERN:

Be it kinown that I, DAVIS E. LONG, of Pawtucket, in the county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures; and I do hereby declare that 4the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partof this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the lower part of acurtain, having a tassel applied'to it by my improvement.

Figure 2 is a vertical section ofthe same, the line ofseetion passing transversely and `centrally through thexstick, my improvement'not being in section.

i Figure 3 is a detached view of a part pertaining to the invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. Y

`This invention relates to anew and useful improvementl in curtain-fixtures.

Ilz-consists in apnovel means employed for attaching the tassel to the lower Yend ofthe curtain.

At present the tasscl is attached by boringaholc `thronghthe stick, which is inserted in a. hem et the lower end ofthe curtain, and passing the tassel-cord through the hole lin the stick and curtain, and securing the ends of the cord in the-.head of the tassel. g Y

, This plan is objectionable for two reasons: first, thc h'olc'in the stick weakens the same, rendering; itliablc to break; second, the detaching of the tassol to admit ot' the stick being withdrawn when the curtain requires te be washed, and the attaching afterward of the' tassel to the curtain, are attended with considerable trouble. By my invention these objections lare ebViated.

In' the `acchmpanyig sheet of drawingsy A represents the lower part of a window-curtain, and the hem, in which the stick B is inserted, (see fig. 2.)

c c represent two metallic plates, of slightly dish-form, and having each two spurs', a @penetrating the hem b, and passing into the stick i3. Y

In the Vexterior ofthe plates C, at their centre, there is a circular recess,'c, to receive theends of a spring, D, whichjs composed ofa'single piece of wire, bent or doubled to have one or more convolutions, cl, to form an eye for the tassel-cord E to pass through, and alsov to give the necessary degree of elasticity to the spring.

The ends. of the arms or parts e e of the spring are bent inward to catch into the recess4 c of .the plates, and the plates are grooved from the recesses e to 'the edges of the plates, to facilitatethe insertion of thc ends of the arms e, in the recesses c, and their withdrawal' therefrom, (see fig'. 3.)

-The spring D serves to clamp the plates C C to 'the curtain and stick, while the spurs a a prevent the plates being drawn ot from the hcm and stick. This will be fully understood by referring to iig. 2.

This invention may be constructed at a small oost, and it will be'seen that the tass'el may be attached to and detached from the curtain with the greatest facility, and without weakening or injuring the curtain-stick in any way. v

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A The plates C G, with the spurs Aa attached, in combination with the spring D, all constructed, arranged,

and applied in the manner substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 3d day ot' June, 1868.

r DAVISY E. LONG."

Witnesses: i

WM'. H. HAsKnLL,Y E. S. MAsoN. 

